On June 11, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov convened a regular Cabinet session to consider the important issues of state life, as well as some draft documents.

Week of culture and International Exhibition of arts in its framework will be held in Lebap province on June 22-27, 2015.

Ashgabat hosted a regional seminar on the efficiency of drug prevention national programmes. Representatives of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan as well as UNODC Expert Hanna Heikkila (Austria) and Regional Coordinator Nadeem Rehman (Iran) arrived in the Turkmen capital to take part in the meeting.

The ceremony of awarding medallists and winners in the Women’s Premier League Chess Championship of Turkmenistan took place at the specialised chess and checkers school in Ashgabat. Chess players also competed for medals in the blitz (rapid chess) tournament of the Chess Championship of Turkmenistan

On June 9, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov made a working helicopter tour of the capital and its suburbs, flying in a helicopter around some important sites. Getting acquainted with the construction progress of some important objects, the leader of nation gave particular attention to the issues related to V Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts to be held in 2017.

Competitions in five national sports, including chekshme, duzzum, gyzyl tayak, sapanagty and halkan atmak as well as darts, a British game of accuracy took place at the Cheshme recreation and health promotion centre in Geokdere.

Communications satellite “TurkmenAlem52oE” started the broadcasting of programs of the national television and radio channels. From this day, the users of television content are able to use its services, having directed their antennas to 52 degrees of eastern longitude, where Turkmen satellite has been located in orbit in one point of firmament, in more than 35 thousand kilometers over surface of the planet.

43 deals were registered at the last week’s bids at the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

These days, the country traditionally celebrated the graduation ceremonies in the higher educational institutions of military and law-enforcement bodies of the country –the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan, the Naval Institute of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan, the Institute of State Border Service, Institute of National Security and Institute of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Turkmenistan. Main festivities were held in the square in front of the Constitution Monument in the capital city.

On the significant occasion - Day of Science, a grand ceremony of awarding the winners of the annual competition of scientific works among the youth organized by the Central Council of Youth Organization of Turkmenistan named after Magtymguly in association with the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan was held in the conference hall of the Magtymguly Turkmen State University.